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Actually load reduction is only done on Eskom direct areas, hence they send the notifications not the municipalities. There are some municipalities that do their own load reduction.
ahh, still unfair to those that actually pay for their electricity, but I understand why it's done. Pressure needs to be applied. People in this country need to understand that nothing is free.
I know people on prepaid who are being load-reduced. As you know, many people in villages don't even know what post-paid electricity is. So, how are they supposed to be guilty of non-payment?
Yes because there are a lot of illegal connections and people who aren't paying that keep overloading the system.
I'm sure there are individuals that are legitimately paying for their electricity. It's a shame that they're being caught up in the consequences of the greed and dishonesty of others in their community.
They tamper with or bypass the meter or connect illegally without even having a meter thereby detonating the transformer like a very expensive firework.
They're not the same thing. They're similar in that they both relieve the grid during peak load, but one is targeting primarily non-payers, the other is targeting all of us regardless of whether we steal electricity or not.
What they also don't seem to realise is that if the reduction isn't done that local grid is popped it would be weeks without power, if shedding isn't done the entire country is without power for weeks.
Here's the most recent occurrence of stage 4 load shedding:
www.news24.com
At least we are listening to each other, so that's good enough for me. Hopefully, one day, we'll transition to gas-powered and renewable electricity, and load-shedding will be a thing of the past.
A quick Google shows that there's actually less maintenance and more unplanned outages than a year ago. But it's not going to satisfy his fan club. The goalposts will now shift to him inheriting legacy issues...
Hear hear.
It's not the type of electricity generation that's the problem, it's how Eskom has corruptly and ineptly managed it over the last 20 odd years.
I just give up.
If that's the case it's a big red mark against the guy and it paints a bleak picture going forward.
It would make sense if the reduction was a daily thing. Load reductions happen once a week during the morning peak and again once during the evening peak, why are the same substations not tripping on the other days when there is no load reduction?
But you fail to realize that it is not necessary because of "debt built up by previous CEOs". Speak the truth and state that the increases are necessary because of ANC corruption.
He did not destroy Nampak. He lessened the fallout. Eskom is an entity I don't think can be saved.
Ah, the good ol non-racial sentiment.
